Zensar Technologies Software Engineering Senior Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: If you are applying as a fresher, you may have to appear for a test which will have basic aptitude questions on General Maths and English followed by two basic coding questions in any language like C C++ Java etc

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Just be confident in keeping your point. Cracking this won't be that difficult.

Round: Test
Experience: Time management is very important to clear the aptitude test. Besides this a lot of practice is also very important.  This round is the major filteration round. Though each round is a major filteration round cuz NTT DATA is not a bulk recruiter like cts, infy etc. Almost 2-3 thousand students were there for this round from 6 different colleges and only 100 of them were selected.
Tips: Its better to start with the preparation from before and do consider the previous year placement papers available at indiabix. You can practice more n more. Apart from this you can go through the r.s aggarwal aptitude book also.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were many panels and each panel had 10-12 students. The H.r first decided some other topic but when he asked wether everybody is aware of the topic ..there were few who didn't know about it. .so he picked up another topic. Fortunately he asked me to start with the discussion.  Always try to be the one to break the ice.
Tips: The only key to crack this round is that yku should talk. You should definitely not confuse gd with debate. You should not argue or by any chance shouldn't sound arrogant.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They will definitely ask about your project so be thorough with that. Ntt data is a Japanese company . Though this is IT but it will ask  from the subject of your own choice from people those who have a non IT background. After you get shortlisted in d gd they will give you a form to fill. Do fill that form without fail. If it is blank then even if u go to the hr round he will reject you.
Tips: Just be confident and always smile. Be careful on what you write in your resume cuz they can ask about anything based on your resume.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was a cake walk. Just be confident and updated about the company.  Do ask him a question if he asks you to do that.but make sure it shouldn't be vague or out of the picture.
Tips: Keep smiling and don't get nervous.  If they ask you about location preferences,  dun get firm at one place.try to be flexible.

General Tips: Donot loose hope at any cost. You never know when your moment is going to arrive. Do practice the aptitude as much as you can. Finally NTT DATA selected only 50 overall in wch 11 were from my college n i was lucky to be one of them. the offer letter was issued the same day and we were all venerated.  Its just a game of confidence. All the best
Skill Tips: Try to add some co curricular activities and justify your role.
Skills: communication, technical knowledge, management skills, leadership
College Name: SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
Motivation: You will find the it companies mostly head quartered in U.S but this company is in Japan. Plus you have better opportunity and growth compared to other companies cuz its not a bulk recruiter.

Round: Test
Experience: GRE givers , you can make it through this. Brush up your technical skills for the programming section.
Tips: GRE quant and verbal and quick review from tutorialspoint.com would do the trick.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I had fun. I won a few debate competitions in various technical symposiums so, It gave a good experience about being quiet at the right moment.
Tips: Turn to your GRAB-ON mode. Never miss any chance. Learn to know when to be quiet and when to talk in a GD. Try to bring down the heat If two participants are getting into a argumentative discussion.

Round: Stress Interview
Experience: It was really difficult. Exactly after the GD, we were asked to right an essay in a very less time and our capability to manage the stress was observed.
Tips: Be calm and write all that you know in a presentable way.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I did a project in my 3rd year which included few concepts on Socket programming which helped me a bit in this round. I answered confidently and I was put to a confidence test too to see how sure I was about the answer.
Tips: A quick review on the day of interview and involving in friendly discussion about programming languages before the test helps.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked few technical questions in this round and later moved on to the general logical questions. Questions like, cutting a bread into multiple slices, finding the corresponding switch among 3 switches for 3 bulbs in room were asked. Find the sum of 1-10 in 4 seconds was asked suddenly. Thanks to Arithmetic Progressions :P.
Tips: Use your logical ability to answer.

Skills: Java, C, Body Language, Mental ability, Confidence.
College Name: Malla Reddy Institute of Engineering & Technology ( MRIET )
Motivation: Ranked among the top 50 of the Fortune 500. Expanding organizations which include lot of opportunities.

Round: Aptitude Round
Experience: The company came to our college campus offering an internship at their Tokyo center. The students were shortlisted based on their academic performance.
The written aptitude test lasted for one hour and consisted of general questions on mathematics, logical reasoning, verbal ability along with a few basic programming questions.
Tips: The mathematics section was easy with simple questions on percents, profit and loss etc. analytical and logical reasoning was a bit tricky. Do brush up on basic concepts especially OOPs for the technical section.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was a completely technical round. The main topics asked consisted of data structures, databases and algorithms. I was also asked in depth about my project topic.
Tips: know all the details about your project that you may have done earlier.
If you have done any internship before, then do explain about your role, responsibilities and technical skills that you have gained through it.
Keep brushing up on basics of data structures and databases.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was a HR interview. The HR head along with the Japanese RnD team(through video conferencing)interviewed me.
Tips: Do not panic and be true to yourself. Answer clearly and honestly.

College Name: MIT College Of Engineering

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: This round they want to know about why do you want to leave your job?
current ctc
expected ctc
how many experience do you have on particular technology?
Tips: this round is simple you have to tell all the details of your profile and if they want this profile candidate they shortlisted you..
they want positive response, so be positive.

Round: Test
Experience: Quite easy..It contains mcq and one programming question. MCQ covers databases,sql,software testing,c++
Tips: You can easily pass the test,no need to worry

Round: Interview
Experience: Questions are among databases and java,they will ask u fav subj and asks questions in that
Tips: Through with ur fav subject..be confident, simple anad basic questions,try to solve secreening test question using java language

Round: Interview
Experience: Its better to say technical only,the hr also asks about test pattren.programming question.then normal HR questions
Tips: It better to do some research about the company,overall it's easy and cake walk for those who are strong in java and databases

General Tips: CSE guys can easily clear that test and interview..without any hesitattion
Skills: Java,databases, SQL, C, General Aptitude
College Name: NIT Warangal
Motivation: Virtusa is emerging company
Funny Moments: In interview they asked about my girl friend,her name andwhen ur are going to marry. answer them in a funny way with smile in your face

Round: Test
Experience: In the first round there was an online test. Questions were from aptitude, general English and a simple code( very simple if you have programming skills).
Tips: It was purely a knowledge based round so everything depends on your preparation level and a bit confidence.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In technical round interview the process was like this...
I entered in room and greeted interviewer and he asked me to sit down. I handed over my resume to him. His first question was tell me about yourself. Then my projects. After that he came on programming, He asked me very basic concept about C++. Questions were like what is polymorphism, What is encapsulation. He also asked program of fibonacci series. After all these question he again looked at my resume and asked me 'why your CGPA is low?' I said that when i was in my first year i had interest in electronics but later when i encountered with programming i decided to have my career in this field so i could not concentrate on my core subjects.
Tips: C++ is '''''must''''' for Virtusa if you are from electronics . I didn't know data structure but c++ was on my fingers. Answer question with confidence.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR interview was really cool. Interview asked me about myself, my family, real life applications of my project. After that he came on real stuff. He asked question like why do you want to join virtusa? I said virtusa is this .. virtusa is this.....and many more..and in last i said this is i want to join virtusa. Next question was ' what do think about dowry?'. At first i was surprised to hear this question but i realized that interview only want to check my ability to speak on random topic. I answered the question by criticizing dowry and he was pleased to hear my answer. After one or two general HR question like location preference , he told me that your interview is over please wait outside for result. It was really nice to meet you . Thank you.
Tips: Never stop speaking in HR interview. They only check your ability to speak on random topics and their general HR question. I was continuously speaking ...please do not bother about grammar while speaking ...just speak with confidence(relevant).

General Tips: prepare c , c++ and ability to speak in front of interviewer.
Skills: Basic Coding, Aptitude, 1)communication
College Name: NIT Jalandhar